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The Big Book of American Heroes / written by Mike Janulewicz and Richard Widdows ; portraits by Peter Bull ; illustrated by Peter Bull and Sallie Reason.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janulewicz, Mike.
- Widdows, Richard, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heroes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Heroes.
- United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 56 pages : color illustrations, color portraits, color maps ; 34 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,
- Other Title:
- American heroes
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : [Published by] Courage Books, 1998.
- Contents:
- Muhammad Ali
- Maya Angelou
- Louis Armstrong
- Neil Armstrong
- Phineas T. Barnum
- Nellie Bly
- Daniel Boone
- Louise Arner Boyd
- "Calamity" Jane Cannary
- Christopher "Kit" Carson
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Cochise
- Davy Crockett
- Frederick Douglass
- Amelia Earhart
- Wyatt Earp
- Thomas Edison
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Benjamin Franklin
- Geronimo
- John Glenn
- Ulysses S. Grant
- "Wild Bill" Hickok
- John Paul Jones
- Mother Jones
- Michael Jordan
- John F. Kennedy
- Billie Jean King
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Robert E. Lee
- Lewis and Clark
- Charles Lindbergh
- Joe Montana
- Annie Oakley
- Jesse Owens
- Paul Revere
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Babe Ruth
- Sitting Bull
- Jedediah Smith
- Mark Spitz
- Harriet Tubman
- Booker T. Washington
- George Washington
- John Wayne
- The Wright Brothers
- Charles Yeager
- Famous Quotes from the Heroes
- Time Line.
- Notes:
- "A Templar book"--Title page verso.
- "This book was designed and produced by The Templar Company plc, Pippbrook Mill, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1JE, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
- "Designer Mark Kingsley-Monks. Project Editor Dug Steer. Copy Editor Rebecca Ward"--Title page verso.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.
- Running Press copy is "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 0762403934
- 9780762403936
- OCLC:
- 39957582
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